Failure of glycine-arginine-α-ketoisocaproic acid to improve high-intensity exercise performance in trained cyclists

International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 33-39

  Beis, Lukas ^a   Mohammad, Yaser ^a   Easton, Chris ^b   Pitsiladis, Yannis P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cycling sprints; Ergogenic; Fatigue; Power; Trained subjects

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID MIXTURE; GLYCINE PLUS ARGININE PLUS ALPHA KETOISOCAPROIC ACID; PLACEBO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICYCLE ERGOMETRY; CALORIC INTAKE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE EXERCISE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NUTRIENT SUPPLY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 79952828339     PISSN: 1526484X     EISSN: 15432742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/ijsnem.21.1.33     Document Type: Article

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